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Daniel John RONAN, Congress, IL

RONAN, Daniel John, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1914; attended parochial schools; graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1933, from Loyola University, Chicago, Ill., in 1938, and took postgraduate work at Loyola University, 1939-1941 and 1947-1948; served in United States Army Air Corps communications in the China-Burma-India Theater in 1942 to 1945; member of the State house of representatives, 1948-1952; alderman, 1951-1964; was appointed acting ward committeeman in 1959, elected in 1960, and reelected in 1964; member of the Chicago Planning Commission, 1959-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth, and Ninety-first Congresses, and served from January 3, 1965, until his death in Chicago, Ill., August 13, 1969; interment in Queen of Heaven Mausoleum, Hillside, Ill.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present